The Status of the Death Penalty in the OSCE Area For the purpose of this paper, each participating State has been classified as abolitionist, partly abolitionist, de facto abolitionist or retentionist, according to the status of the death penalty in the relevant state’s law and practice. Abolitionist: The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. Fifty OSCE participating States are abolitionist: • Albania • Ireland • Andorra • Italy • Armenia • Kyrgyzstan • Austria • Liechtenstein • Azerbaijan • Lithuania • Belgium • Luxembourg • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Malta • Bulgaria • Moldova • Canada • Monaco • Croatia • Montenegro • Cyprus • Netherlands • Czech Republic • Norway • Denmark • Poland • Estonia • Portugal • Finland • Romania • France • San Marino • Georgia • Serbia • Germany • Slovak Republic • Greece • Slovenia • Holy See • Spain • Hungary • Sweden • Iceland • Switzerland 1 • Turkey • Turkmenistan • Ukraine • United Kingdom. • Uzbekistan • The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia